Historical Events In 1941

Jan 16   In the year 1941 uS vice admiral Bellinger warns of an assault on Pearl Harbor   

Jan 16   War Department forms first Army Air Corps squadron for black cadets in the year 1941.   

Jan 17   Jose Leite de Vasconcelos, Portuguese scholar (Etnografia), dies at 82 on this day in history.   

Jan 17   Kuomintang forces under orders from Chiang Kai-Shek open fire at communist forces, resuming the Chinese Civil War after World War II on this day in history.   

Jan 19   British offensive in Eritrea in the year 1941.   

Jan 19   In the year 1941 british troops occupy Kassalaf Sudan   

Jan 20   On this day in history bela Bartok's 6th string quartet, premieres in NYC   

Jan 21   On this day in history 1st anti-Jewish measures in Bulgaria   

Jan 21   Anti-Jewish riots take place in Rumania. Gangs of Rumanian Legionnaires hunt for Jews, loot and beat Jews in the street, desecrate 25 synagogues, destroy hundreds of homes and shops, and butcher hundreds of Jews in the year 1941.   

Jan 21   On this day in history australia & Britain attack Tobruk Libya   

Jan 21   British communist newspaper "Daily Worker" banned on this day in history.   

Jan 21   On this day in history the birth of Placido Domingo, Spanish tenor   

Jan 21   On this day in history the first anti-Jewish measures in Bulgaria   

Jan 21   The first commercial extraction of magnesium from seawater, Freeport TX in the year 1941.   

Jan 22   1st mass killing of Jews in Romania on this day in history.   

Jan 22   Tobruk, North Africa, is captured by Australian troops on this day in history.   

Jan 23   On this day in history dobri Khristov, composer, dies at 65   

Jan 23   On this day in history german prisoner of war Franz von Werra escapes from a train and makes it back to Germany, only to die in action a year later; the only German POW to make a successful escape in Canada.   

Jan 23   Ground breaking for NACA (now NASA) Lewis Research Center in the year 1941.   

Jan 24   British troops march into Abyssinia on this day in history.   

Jan 24   In the year 1941 the birth of Neil Diamond, American singer/songwriter   

Jan 25   Pope Pius XII elevates the Apostolic Vicariate of the Hawaiian Islands to the dignity of a diocese. It becomes the Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu in the year 1941.   

Jan 27   In the year 1941 iver Paul Fredrik Holter, composer, dies at 90   

Jan 27   On this day in history peruvian agent Rivera-Schreibér warns of Japanese assault on Pearl Harbor   

Jan 27   On this day in history peruvian agent Rivera-Schreiber warns of Japanese assault on Pearl Harbor   

Jan 28   On this day in history french-Thai War: Final air battle of the conflict. Japanese-mediated armistice goes into effect later in the day.   

Jan 29   Ioannis Metaxas, Greek gen/dictator (1936-41), commits suicide at 69 on this day in history.   

Jan 30   On this day in history australian troops conquer Derna Libya   

Jan 31   21 U boats sunk this month (127,000 ton) in the year 1941.   

Jan 31   Anti-German demonstration in Haarlem Netherlands on this day in history.   

Jan 31   On this day in history joe Louis KOs Red Burman in 5 for heavyweight boxing title   

Feb 01   US female Figure Skating championship won by Jane Vaughn on this day in history.   

Feb 01   In the year 1941 uS male Figure Skating championship won by Eugene Turner   

Feb 02   Johannes Schlaf, writer, dies at 78 in the year 1941.   

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Jan 03   In the year 1941 birth of shima Iwashita, actress (Red Lion, Hara-Kiri, Double Suicide)   

Jan 03   Van Dyke Parks, Alabama, actor/musician (Bonino, Billy Crystal Hour) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 04   John Bennett Perry, Williamstown Mass, singer/actor (Falcon Crest) was born in the year 1941.   

Jan 04   Maureen Reagan, 1st daughter (Ronald Reagan) was born in the year 1941.   

Jan 05   In the year 1941 birth of bob Cunis, cricketer (New Zealand pace bowler of the late 60's)   

Jan 05   In the year 1941 birth of grady Thomas, US rock vocalist (Parliaments, Funkadelic, Maggot Brain)   

Jan 05   On this day in history birth of mansur Ali Khan, cricketer (Nawab of Pataudi, Indian batsman & capt)   

Jan 05   In the year 1941 birth of hayao Miyazaki, Japanese film maker   

Jan 02   Mischa Levitzki, composer, dies at 42 in the year 1941.   

Jan 04   In the year 1941 henri Bergson, French philosopher (Le Rire, Nobel 1928), dies at 81   

Jan 05   Amy Johnson, English aviator (b. 1903) died in the year 1941.   

Jan 06   In the year 1941 franz Hessel, writer, dies at 60   

Jan 08   In the year 1941 robert Baden-Powell, founder (Boy Scout movement), dies at 83   

Jan 09   In the year 1941 ko Boezeman, Dutch resistance fighter, dies   

Jan 10   Frank Bridge, English violinist/composer (Sea), dies at 61 in the year 1941.   

Jan 11   Emanuel Lasker, German chess player (b. 1868) died in the year 1941.